Flower Power Crayon Holder

Add creative flair to your kid’s study-table with this colorful crayon holder that’s made using Cheerios® cereal - ready in just 20 minutes.

Ingredients

Scissors

Blue construction paper

Clean, empty soup can

Glue

Green construction paper

Green pipe cleaners

Small colorful pom-poms

Cheerios™ cereal

Directions

1Cut the blue paper to cover the outside of the soup can. Attach it with glue.

2Cut the green construction paper to look like grass. Glue it to the bottom of the blue paper around the can.

3Cut the pipe cleaners to make flower stems. Attach them to the can with glue. Glue 1 pom-pom at the top of each stem to make the center of a flower. Glue cereal around the pom-pom to make flower petals.

Tips

Crayons were introduced in 1903. The first box of crayons had only eight colors!